- Date
- March 5, 1976
- Place
- Lake Placid, FL · LAKE PLACID, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6508LGrum Amer AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760305009119A
- Case key
- 153075
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0660 76/3/5 LAKE PLACID,FL GRUM AMER AA-5 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 78 TOTAL TIME - 1010 N6508L PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUN-N-LAKE ARPT. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST PALM BEACH,FL LAKE PLACID,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6508L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sun-N-Lake Arpt.
N6508LRegistration cancelled Jun 11, 1976 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.